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The Great Court of the British Museum, with the new tessellated roof designed by w:Foster and Partners arching around the original, circular, Reading Room of the British Library.

The sculpture on the pedestal on the right hand foreground is A youth on horseback from 1st century AD Rome.

Photograph © Andrew Dunn, 26 November 2005.

Website: http://www.andrewdunnphoto.com/

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Keywords: British Museum, Great Court, Norman Foster